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Solutions we provide
We help clients build unique supply chain, operations, project execution and sales delivery capabilities. This can enable companies to create a decisive and resilient competitive edge in their markets which allows them to respond with agility and seize opportunities as they emerge.
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COO, Godrej InterioTransforming Sales and Business Development
Mr. Anil Mathur, COO, Godrej Interio, discusses they solved a perpetual conflict that B-B sales teams face – the dilemma between developing new customers and pursuing current customers or leads. On the one hand sales teams must meet new customers to establish new business, and on the other, they must focus on support activities and current leads to ensure monthly order booking and sales targets. Most of the sales team capacity tends to be taken up by the second!
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The agony of the tier 1 suppliers: Caught between a rock & a hard place
Find out how J.K.Fenner (India) Ltd, enhanced customer service levels to ~ 100% by building a highly responsive "pull" based supply chain
Revving up the agri equipment business
International Tractors Ltd., could grow by maintaining shorter lead times, higher capacity utilization and higher availability in the market even through the pandemic
Aligning NPD processes to deliver business growth
Read this article to find out how Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited increased the contribution of NPD to sales from 4% to 20%
Spare the trouble
Read to understand how TATA Motors Spares BU build agility into their highly complex and extensive supply chain
Small is big
Find out how BEL adopted a “pull” distribution solution to address sales lost due to unavailability
Right for accounting. Wrong for project management
Read about why an execution flow focussed planning and implementation of projects can ensure shorter lead-times in large infrastructure projects
Rally with your allies
Click below to read how abandoning forecast based planning and adopting replenishment based operations helped KOEL create win-win partnerships in the entire supply chain
A stitch in time : Cutting lead time and improving reliability of textile supply chains
Find out how Pratibha turned around from being a business struggling to survive to a profitable one that offers short, reliable lead times
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When Jindal Stainless made the elephant dance
By disrupting industry paradigms, Jindal Stainless Limited reinvented its entire supply chain by viewing it from the lens of the customer. Abhyuday Jindal, the Managing Director of the company shares this story
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The Theory of Constraints Smooths the Path to Success
Bajaj Electricals Limited’s transformation story featured in SCM Now magazine - its award winning transformation from a ‘push’ to a ‘pull’ based supply chain and distribution system
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It’s never late too late to re-invent
Kiran Kothekar founding director of the Vector Consulting Group in an investor meet organised by Investec discusses why adopting TOC based pull-manufacturing methodology can help building material companies not only overcome challenges in the current pandemic crisis but also emerge market leaders by consolidating market share in the industry
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The ‘Leap Year’ at Raymond
In an interview with Outlook Business, Satyashri Mohanty explains on how vector team identified the real problem faced at Raymond’s textile division and that the problem had to be fixed on priority
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Uncovering the hidden profit
Focusing on timely completion of projects is necessary, but it’s not sufficient to protect all of a large infrastructure project’s margins. Find out how companies can prevent margin erosion due to lack of timely material reconciliation!
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Vector is a Management Consulting firm that helps companies build unique supply chain, operations and customer management capabilities. These are critical if they wish to gain competitive advantage in the market. We do this by leveraging the platform of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) solutions and thinking processes for our clients.
Considered one of the fastest growing management consulting companies in India, Vector has pioneered the implementation of TOC solutions in various sectors such as Auto & Auto Components, Consumer Goods & Retail, Textiles & Garments, Equipment Manufacturing, Engineering & Construction and Life Sciences. We now have the highest number of success stories in TOC consulting in India. APICS magazine, the award-winning publication of APICS (professional association for supply chain management) has featured our case studies by highlighting our innovative ideas and real-world strategies for supply chain, operations and sales process management. Top ranked global universities such as the Ohio State University and the Universities of Louisville and Georgia have conducted independent research on our success in TOC projects.
Our clients too have been feted with awards. The Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization (TOCICO) has felicitated quite a few of our clients, such as Fleetguard Filters (2009 & 2016), Godrej Security Solutions (2014), Bajaj Electricals (2017 & 2019) with awards for "TOC Excellence", to honour their brilliant performance. We have also won the Association of Management Consulting Firms’ (New York) Global Spotlight awards for value and excellence in consulting in Operations Category for Pratibha Syntex Ltd (2016), and in Supply Chain Management Category thrice (2014, 2015 & 2016) for our work with Godrej Security Solutions, Kirloskar Oil Engines and Godrej Material Handling Division. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and Association for Supply Chain management (of APICS) have also awarded the company’s innovative and transformative work with Schneider Electric (R&D) (2018) and Bajaj Electricals Limited (2019), respectively.